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Data-Driven & BDD Automation

About Data-Driven & BDD Automation

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Effective testing requires both clear communication and comprehensive coverage. Our Data-Driven & BDD Automation service combines two powerful methodologies to achieve this. Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) uses plain language (Gherkin's Given-When-Then syntax) to describe test scenarios, ensuring business analysts, developers, and testers are perfectly aligned on application behavior. We then enhance these BDD scenarios with a Data-Driven approach. Instead of hardcoding data, we run a single test script against hundreds of data combinations from external sources. This synergy allows non-technical stakeholders to understand the tests while ensuring the underlying functionality is rigorously validated against a wide range of inputs, maximizing both test coverage and collaboration.

Our Framework

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Step 1

Collaborative BDD Workshops

We facilitate workshops with your business analysts, developers, and QAs to define application behaviors. Using the Gherkin syntax (Given-When-Then), we collectively write feature files that serve as living documentation and a single source of truth.

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BDD Framework Setup

We set up a BDD framework using industry-standard tools like Cucumber or SpecFlow. This framework is configured to parse the plain-text Gherkin feature files and link them to the underlying test automation code that will execute the steps.

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Step 3

Test Data Source Integration

We identify the necessary test data and set up external data sources, such as Excel files, CSVs, or databases. The test framework is then configured to read from these sources, enabling a data-driven testing approach for the BDD scenarios.

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Step 4

Step Definition Implementation

Our engineers write the automation code, or "step definitions," that executes each step in the Gherkin scenarios. This code is made reusable and dynamic, capable of handling the various inputs from the integrated data source for each test run.

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Execution and Business Reporting

The tests are executed, running through each BDD scenario multiple times with different data sets. The results are presented in a business-readable format that directly references the original Gherkin steps, ensuring full traceability for all stakeholders.

Our Expertise

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Bridge the Gap Between Business and Tech

BDD's plain-language format ensures everyone, from product owners to developers, has a shared and unambiguous understanding of how the application should behave.

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Maximize Coverage with Significantly Less Code

Our data-driven approach allows you to test hundreds of scenarios by writing one test and connecting it to a data file, drastically improving efficiency and coverage.

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Create Accurate "Living Documentation"

Your BDD feature files act as up-to-date, executable documentation of your system's behavior, which is always in sync with your application's actual functionality.

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